Triumph Spitfire 2.5.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

engine re-build list.

after advice recieved, and some investigating, this looks like the list of parts to re-build engine:


polished and de-burred block.
polished and deburred main bearing caps.(crack tested)
billet crank,not re-stroked.(racetorations)cross drilled.
carrillo con-rods.
light steel flywheel,eight bolt fixing.(racetorations)
vandervell vp2 bearings.
dry sump system, three stage,+ pan , (excellently designed & developed by GT6steve)
oil gallery direct feeds.(innovative system by kas kastner & jimmy coan)
alloy front and rear engine plates.(canley classics)
arp fixings.possible fluid damper.
je forged pistons.set comes with rings.

spitfire bearing shells.
3r cam, hoping for two studs to be added for:
vernia lightened chain wheel.
german timing chain.
balanced rotating assembly.
payen gaskets.
tld's ported & flowed head.smoothed for oil flow.comes with:
phosphated followers.
bronze valve guides.
competion valves + springs.

titanium valve spring caps.
hardened pushrods. smith brothers
1.5' or 1.6' roller rockers. harland sharp.(solid bushings)
custom made stainless 6-3-1-2 exhaust.
triple 45 dellortos "p's"
electric water pump.
electric fuel pump.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

pedal box 2

upon posting idea of wilwood pedal on TT, davesideways posted this item, made by
http://www.nb-racing.co.uk/
this looks to be a more appropriate set, (many thanks davesideways) the layout seems to be well designed. the linked sale on e-bay for this set had finished, however an e-mail to nasty bob resulted in a set ordered. again a false floor will maybe have to be used, and the seat may have to be set for safe use and comfort. the measuring so far, seems to support this item. the cost for pedal box , without m/c's is around £250.

pedal box


ap racing sell a few really cool floor mounted pedal sets, cp5500 & cp5516, prices are exotic, at £1000+ & £2000+.
so in an effort to save some cash i searched the various sources, and found the pictured wilwood item. weight = 1.1lbs (without cylinders). my initial thought was to incorporate false floor, and have the cylinders heading towards firewall. not an ideal system, but i feel would be functional.
these wilwood items are around £55.